Just how glad were Ottawa Senators players that the lockout ended?
Take the reaction of left winger Milan Michalek.
“Unfortunately, with something like this, it’s going to pretty much be doom and gloom until a deal gets done. I don’t think there’s going to be a build up, like ‘things are going really well’. One day, we’re going to wake up and it will be over, I think. That’s how it happened last time.” — Ottawa Senators centre Jason Spezza, Sept. 14, 2012.
So, where were we? Considering that Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr have owned the NHL spotlight for the past four months, it has been easy to forget about all the on-ice changes since the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup.
If there were an archetype of the kind of fan the National Hockey League would want to have, he might look something like Sebastien Fortin.
If you ask Jakob Silfverberg how he’s adjusting to hockey in North America, he’ll tell you he’s having a terrible time.
As negotiations to resolve the NHL lockout have hit a silent stage, Ottawa Senators players are now spread out around the world — from Aalborg to Zurich — in search of competitive hockey.
The Rappelswil-Jona Lakers aren’t missing any opportunities to capitalize on Spezza-mania.